Komsomolskaya Pravda reveals that the tournament will take place from 21st April to 1st May in Louvre Museum, Paris, and Mikhailovsky Palace of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg.

Louvre

Despite being squeezed between the Candidates Chess Tournament, the planned Lisbon Grand Prix (which might be canceled or moved to different venue) and Norway Chess, the organizers have gathered the world’s elite players.